Scheduling Types (SAP Library - Process Orders (PP-PI-POR))

Scheduling Types

You can schedule a process order using the following scheduling types:

Forward scheduling:

If you enter this scheduling type on the Main Header screen, the system schedules forwards starting from the order start date.
If you enter the order start date, the system calculates the scheduled start and finish dates.
If you enter the order start and finish dates, the system calculates the scheduled start and finish dates.

Backward scheduling:

If you enter this scheduling type on the Main Header screen, the system schedules backwards starting from the order finish date.
If you enter the order finish date, the system calculates the scheduled start and finish dates.
If you enter the order finish and start dates, the system calculates the scheduled start and finish dates.

Scheduling to current date:

If you enter this scheduling type on the Main Header screen, the system takes the current date as the order start date and schedules forwards. You then enter the order finish date and the system calculates the scheduled start and finish dates.

Only capacity requirements:

If you enter this scheduling type on the Main Header screen, you will have to enter both the start and finish dates of the order. The system then calculates the scheduled start and finish dates.

The individual operations are not scheduled. The system calculates the scheduled start and the scheduled finish of the order by adding the float before production to the order start date and subtracting the float after production from the order finish date. It then writes the scheduled start and finish date into each of the operations.